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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is more opposition to Standard Oil as what is formed by a group of independents?

2. Archbold, deciding they need representation in Congress, begins doing what?

3. He transfers $475 million to his children between what years with most of it going to Junior?

4. As Senior becomes more reclusive, the limelight shifts to Junior and focuses on the wealth he will inherit. Does Junior like the limelight?

5. Rockefeller is impressed with Andrew Carnegie's comment that a man who dies rich is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe life in the Rockefeller family in Chapter Thirty-two.

2. What is the Elkins Act? What is the purpose of a new cabinet department with a Bureau of Corporations? How does Standard Oil feel about this bureau?

3. Describe the investigation of Standard Oil by the Bureau of Corporations.

4. Describe the dealings between J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller.

5. Describe the Rockefeller family's involvement in banking.

6. What happens when the Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating that control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.

7. What happens after the assassination of McKinley?

8. Describe John's beliefs about his fortune. How does this differ from what the critics think of his philanthropic work?

9. Describe John D. Gates.

10. What complications exist regarding Cettie's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the 1850s, oil is discovered in Pennsylvania.

Part 1) Why is this an important discovery? How does John D. benefit from this discovery?

Part 2) What problems did oil also cause John D.? What might John D.'s life have been like if he had not gotten into the oil industry?

Part 3) How has the oil industry impacted us today? How have decisions and events of John D.'s day affected us today?

Essay Topic 2

By the mid-1890s, public sentiment is to curtail the trusts.

Part 1) What are trusts? Why were they formed? How do they affect the economy?

Part 2) Why does the public want trusts curtailed? Is this a good idea? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this public sentiment affect John D. and his family? Is this the result that those against trusts wanted? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Big Bill is a bigamist.

Part 1) Who is Big Bill? How does he come to be a bigamist? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this affect his wife Eliza, John D., and John D.'s siblings? Why is nothing done about Bill's behavior?

Part 3) How is Bill a thorn in John's side throughout much of his life? How does he deal with this? What does this reveal about John D.?

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